Abstract The election of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race was said to result in an unprecedented surge in public support for nonprofit advocacy organizations. Given the cyclical nature of public attention to hard-to-solve social problems and the challenges associated with free-riding in collective action, a question arises as to the extent to which such elevated public support sustains itself over time. The purpose of this study is to examine whether local nonprofit advocacy groups experienced a post-election boost for public support and to what extent the increase, if any, sustained itself 18 months or longer after the election. Our study also explores various organizational incentives advocacy groups use to maintain support. We gather data from structured interviews of advocacy organizations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Our findings suggest that many local advocacy groups did receive enhanced public support in the forms of volunteer requests, donations, and membership immediately after the election and the majority of them were able to retain the support over time. Normative organizational incentives were predominantly used to recruit and retain supporters, while utilitarian incentives, similar to Olson’s selective private benefits, were not commonly adopted.

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特朗普时代的非营利性倡导

摘要在2016年总统竞选的唐纳德·特朗普的选举据说导致非营利倡导组织的公众支持的空前增长。鉴于公众对难以解决的社会问题的关注具有周期性的性质，以及集体行动中搭便车所带来的挑战，因此，随着时间的推移，这种不断增加的公众支持会在多大程度上维持其自身地位，就产生了一个问题。这项研究的目的是调查选举后当地的非营利性倡导组织是否经历了公众支持的提振，以及在选举后18个月或更长时间内这种增长（如果有的话）持续到什么程度。我们的研究还探讨了倡导团体用来维持支持的各种组织激励措施。我们从俄克拉荷马城都会区的宣传组织的结构化访谈中收集数据。我们的调查结果表明，许多地方倡导团体在选举后立即以志愿者请求，捐赠和成员身份的形式获得了公众的更多支持，并且其中大多数人能够随着时间的推移保留这种支持。规范性的组织激励措施主要用于招募和留住支持者，而类似于奥尔森的选择性私人利益的功利主义激励措施却很少被采用。